Environmental security: A geographic information system analysis approach - The case of Kenya

Environmental Management

Volumn 37, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 186-199

  Bocchi, Stefano ^a   Disperati, Stefano Peppino ^a   Rossi, Simone ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

Author keywords

Developing countries; Environmental scarcity; Environmental security; Geographic information systems; Kenya; Renewable resources; Violence and conflict

Indexed keywords

BIOMASS; DATABASE SYSTEMS; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS; SOCIAL SCIENCES;

ENVIRONMENTAL SCARCITY; ENVIRONMENTAL SECURITY; KENYA; RENEWABLE RESOURCES; VIOLENCE AND CONFLICT;

ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING;

WATER;

CONFLICT MANAGEMENT; DEVELOPING WORLD; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; GIS; RENEWABLE RESOURCE; RESOURCE MANAGEMENT; SECURITY;

ARTICLE; CONFLICT; CROPLAND; DATA BASE; DEMOGRAPHY; ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; ETHNIC GROUP; FOREST; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEM; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; KENYA; SYSTEM ANALYSIS; THEORETICAL MODEL; VIOLENCE;

CONFLICT (PSYCHOLOGY); CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS; KENYA; MODELS, THEORETICAL; POPULATION DENSITY; VIOLENCE;

AFRICA; EAST AFRICA; KENYA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA;

EID: 31544447784     PISSN: 0364152X     EISSN: 14321009     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00267-004-0331-3     Document Type: Article

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